Cruda Amarilli
Written by: Claudio Monteverdi
Composed in late 1590’s
Genre: Madrigal
Vedro ‘l mio sol
Written by: Caccini
Composed in 1590
Genre: Solo Madrigal
L’Orfeo
Written by: Claudio Monteverdi
Composed in 1607
Genre: Opera; Portion: excerpts from act II
L’Incoronazione di Poppea
Written By: Claudio Monteverdi Composed in 1642 Genre: Opera Portion: Act I, Scene 3
Historia di Jephte
Written by: Carissimi
Composed in 1648
Genre: Recitative, Oratorio
Portion: “Plorate Colles”
Saul, was verfolgst du mich?
Written by: Schutz
Composed in 1650
Genre: Sacred Concerto
Portion: Symphoniae Sacrae III
Toccata No. 3
Written by: Frescobaldi
Composed in 1615
Genre: Toccata
Armide
Written by: Lully
Composed in 1686
Genre: Opera
Portion: “Enfin il est en ma puissance”
Suite in A minor
Written by: Jacquet de la Guerre
Composed in 1687
Genre: Keyboard Suite
Portion: Courante I & II
Dido and Aeneas
Written by: Purcell
Composed in 1689
Genre: Opera
Portion: “Thy hand Belinda…” “When I am laid in earth”
La Griselda
Written by: A. Scarlatti
Composed in 1720-21
Genre: Opera Serio, da capo aria
Portion: Act 1, Scene 2.
Trio Sonata Op. 3, No. 2
Written by: Corelli
Composed in 1680s
Genre: Trio Sonata
Portion: 3rd and 4th Movements
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor
Written by: Vivaldi
Composed in 1710
Genre: Violin Concerto
Portion: Op.3, No. 6 (first movement)
Vingt-Cinquieme ordre
Written by: Couperin
Composed in 1730
Genre: Keyboard Suite
Hippolyte et Aricie
Written by: Rameau
Composed in 1733
Genre: Opera
Portion: From Act IV
Prelude and Fugue in A minor
Written by: J.S. Bach
Composed in 1715
Genre: Organ prelude and fugue
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
Written by: J.S. Bach
Composed in 1724
Genre: Lutheran Cantata
Portion: First movement
Guilo Cesare
Written by: Handel
Composed in 1724
Genre: da capo aria, opera seria
Portion: “V’adoro pupille”
Saul
Written by: Handel
Composed in 1738
Genre: Oratorio
Portion: Act II, Scene 10
La Serva Padrona
Written by: Pergolesi
Composed in 1733
Genre: Intermezzo
Sonata in D Major
Written by: D. Scarlatti
Composed in 1740s
Genre: Keyboard Sonata
Portion: K.119
Sonata in A major
Written by: C.P.E. Bach
Composed in 1765
Genre: Keyboard Sonata
Portion: H. 186
String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 33, No. 2
Written by: Haydn
Composed in 1781
Genre: String Quartet
Portion: “The Joke, 4th movement”
Symphony No. 92 in G Major
Written by: Haydn
Composed in 1789
Genre: Symphony
Portion: “Oxford” 3rd movement
Symphony No. 41 in C Major
Written by: Mozart
Composed in 1788
Genre: Symphony
Portion: “Jupiter” 4th movement
Don Giovanni
Written by: Mozart
Composed in 1787
Genre: Opera
Portion: Act 1, Scenes 1-2
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13
Written by: Beethoven
Composed in 1797-98
Genre: Piano Sonata
Portion: “Pathetique” 1st movement
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55
Written by: Beethoven
Composed in 1803
Genre: Symphony
Portion: “Eroica” 1st movement
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131
Written by: Beethoven
Composed in 1826
Genre: String Quartet
Portion: 1st movement